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Matthew Perry’s Most Iconic Chandler Moments On Friends! 

This article is written by a student writer from the Her Campus at Lynn chapter.

Throughout 10 Seasons and over 200 episodes, Friends star Mathew Perry kept the audience laughing as Chandler Bing! Mathew Perry passed away in his Los Angeles Home on October 28th. When the news came out about his death there was an utter shock to the world, an imaginable loss of someone kind, funny, loving and so much more! To gather in the wake of Mathew Perry here are his most iconic Chandler Moments On Friends! 

Being A “La-Z-Boy” With Joey 

In season 2’s “The One Where Ross And Rachel… You Know,” he invests in a big-screen TV and two leather recliners. Joey and Chandler get a little too comfortable, though, and don’t move for days. They even devise a scheme to have their takeout delivered to Monica (Courteney Cox) and Rachel’s (Jennifer Aniston) apartment, forcing them to hand-deliver the food across the hall. 

Chandler In A Box 

In the season 4 Thanksgiving episode “The One With Chandler in A Box” Joey “sentenced” Chandler to spend six hours in a wooden crate, as punishment for kissing his girlfriend, Kathy (Paget Brewster). 

“You can’t tell, but I’m easing the tension by mooning you guys,” Chandler announces from inside the box during the crew’s holiday meal, proving Perry didn’t even have to physically appear on screen to score major laughs. 

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His ’80s Flashback Hair

In season 5 “The One With All the Thanksgivings” may be the most hilarious. 

As the title suggests, the episode revisits past holidays, including when Ross (David Schwimmer) brought college roommate (and lead singer of their band) Chandler to the Geller family home for Thanksgiving 1987. 

Seducing Phoebe 

Season 5’s “The One Where Everybody Finds Out.” But because they didn’t know that they knew that they already knew (or something like that) about the fling, Phoebe plays along, with both seeing who can hold out the longest. After an awkward kiss, Chandler caves and confesses that he loves Monica and she’s even hiding in the bathroom to hear him use the l-word for the first time. 

Monica’s Proposal 

The One With the Proposal” had fans celebrating (after shedding some happy tears, of course) when Chandler and Monica both got down on one knee. 

The Cheesecake Bandits 

Chandler and Rachel turn to the life of crime in Season 7’s “The One With All the Cheesecakes.” After a cheesecake was accidentally delivered to Chandler’s door. He and Rachel become so obsessed that they steal a second one from outside their downstairs neighbor’s door. Their rock bottom arrives when Rachel drops her half on the hallway floor and knocks Chandler’s out of his hands for taunting her prompting the pair to grab their forks and begin eating it directly off the ground. 

Chandler Couldn’t Smile

In season 7’s fifth episode, “The One With the Engagement Picture,” Monica discovers that Chandler can’t smile normally. ahead of their professional photo shoot for a local newspaper announcement. Despite Monica’s best teaching efforts and many trips to the camera studio, Chandler just can not seem to get the hang of smiling without looking like a creep. 

His Model ATM Mishap(s) 

In Season 1’s seventh episode (“The One With the Blackout”), Chandler gets trapped in an ATM with Victoria’s Secret model Jill Goodacre. True be told, Perry’s character awkwardly tries to impress her. After several mishaps, the model eventually uses the Heimlich maneuver to save him from choking on used chewing gum. Classic. 

Mathew Perry was more than Chandler Bing, he was a friend, father, son, comedian and so much more! Mathew Perry will be remembered forever and always.

Kayla is currently a Senior at Lynn University majoring in Communications  with a focus on social media. Kayla spends a lot of her time participating in a variety of Lynn’s media outlets. Kayla has co hosted a weekly segment for the Lynn radio and for the past year has been a contributor on Her Campus Lynn social media and wrirting for the magazine.